The Warriors, who beat Cleveland in the 2015 Finals only to lose to them a year ago after squandering a 3-1 series lead, went a record-setting 16-1 in the playoffs, their only loss coming in Game Four of the best-of-seven championship.

Cleveland got off to a fast start and built a 41-33 lead on a dunk by James early in the second quarter.

Warriors point guard Stephen Currysaid the experience of losing last year's Finals served them well this season.

After 10 years in the league, Durant finally has a championship.

"Like I said, when you put in the work and things pay off, then you can always be okay with whatever else that happens in your career". He scored 39 last night and became the first player since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 to score 30 or more points in five straight Finals games.

The Cavs narrowed the gap slightly in the third but the Warriors were able to keep their opponents at arm's length to wrap up a second title in three years. Durant said, describing the final moments of the game.

But now, it appears that Danny Ainge and the C's will need to find a way to beat him and the rest of the Warriors in the NBA Finals. "They're assembled as good as you can assemble, and I played against some really, really good teams that was assembled perfectly, and they're right up there".

"That's the type of guy that I want to be with every single time I'm going to war".

"LeBron and Kyrie - I've never seen none like them two before". "To be back here and bring gold Larry (the O'Brien trophy) back home, I'm just excited to be a part of this group and accomplish something special".

On how he feels about Kevin Durant winning his first National Basketball Association title: "I'm not happy he won his first".

Defeat in game four was Golden State's only loss of the play-off campaign as they strolled to the title with a 16-1 post-season win-loss record.

He's been hounded by speculation over the possibility of a third meeting, with Democratic senators calling for an investigation. Instead he maintained that he was "not stonewalling", but "following the historic policies of the Department of Justice ".

The revised EO was issued after the initial travel ban in January was withdrawn by President Trump due to legal setbacks. A United States federal judge in Hawaii indefinitely extended on March 30 a court order blocking Trump's new travel ban.

Prosecutors and police detectives read aloud portions of Cosby's statements to police in 2005 and in a civil deposition in 2006. Bill Cosby is accused of drugging and groping 44-year-old Andrea Constand at the comedian's come outside Philadelphia in 2004.

Most notably, a liquid cooling system of the kind you typically see on big-money, high-performance gaming PCs. Some gamers might already know they're planning to own both consoles, but that'll be too pricey for a lot us.

May has a busy schedule ahead, with a cabinet meeting on Monday and talks with French President Emmanuel Macron the following day. But Ruth Davidson, the pro-EU leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, called on May to "reopen" the government's Brexit plans.

District Court in Maryland preventing Trump from continuing to receive government payments beyond his salary. It alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by taking payments from foreign governments while president.

South Korean officials recently stumbled upon what is believed to be a North Korean drone that didn't make it back home. Moon added, "It would not be impossible for South Korea and Japan to build a future-oriented relationship".

Trump has said he would be open to renegotiating Paris, something most European G7 nations have already rejected. The statement goes further to encourage the 49 remaining parties that have not ratified the agreement to do so.

May will host Arlene Foster in Downing Street to discuss terms of the DUP's backing for her minority government, reports the BBC.

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